Account book and other papers. 1865-1897.

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Account book and other papers. 1865-1897.

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A book of miscellaneous accounts (1865-1897) kept by Fortier at his stores in the now nonexistent town of Yellow Medicine and in Granite Falls (Yellow Medicine County, Minn.), giving prices of food and of hides and furs bought and sold; historical notes and other data on the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, including its causes and Gabriel Renville; biographical data; and a few items (1878-1890) related to Fortier's life after the Civil War.

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Little Crow III, ca. 1810-1863

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